Lit@MIT: The Poetechnics Podcast, Ep 1 – A Conversation with Malka Older

Published on: April 28, 2023

In the premier episode of Poetechnics, sociologist, humanitarian, and speculative fiction author Dr. Malka Older (InfomacracyThe Mimicking of Known Successes) visits the MIT Literature section for a discussion about society, literature, and speculation with Dr. Joaquin Terrones of Literature and graduate student and speculative fiction author Steve Gonzalez of MIT’s Doctoral Program in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology, and Society, moderated by Dr. Michael Lutz of Literature.

Poetechnics is a podcast from the Literature Section at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology about the intersections of poetic and technical knowledge. The theme song is Anachronist by Kevin MacLeod, used under a Creative Commons License. Episodes are produced by Dr. Michael Lutz. This project is generously supported in part by MIT’s d’Arbeloff Fund for Excellence in Education.

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